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Chris Wolston’s Wicker Chairs Weave Bodily Exuberance with Functionality | Colossal

OCTOBER 14, 2023 JACKIE ANDRES All images © Chris Wolston American artist and designer Chris Wolston (previously) conceptualizes the possibilities of melding the human body with the form of a chair. Emerging from his second studio in Medellín, Colombia, Wolston’s … Continue reading

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Spirited Animals Emerge from Salvaged Scrap Metal in Brian Mock’s Sculptures | Colossal

OCTOBER 13, 2023 GRACE EBERT All images © Brian Mock Mock transforms small springs, tools, silverware, and other scraps from auto shops and recycling centers into lively animal sculptures. The nuts and bolts of Brian Mock’s metal menagerie are often … Continue reading

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Circular Drone Paths Nestle into Craggy Grooves and Valleys in Reuben Wu’s Unearthly Photos | Colossal

OCTOBER 7, 2023 GRACE EBERT All images © Reuben Wu Peeking out from rocky gorges, flowing through a thin crack in the terrain, and elegantly sweeping upward among layers of stone, Reuben Wu’s drone paths conjure the uncanny. The Chicago-based … Continue reading

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Poem for national poetry day and black history month | Craig Charles

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Nicholas Rougeux Painstakingly Restores Hundreds of 19th-Century Hummingbird Illustrations | Colossal

OCTOBER 4, 2023 KATE MOTHES Poster design © Nicholas Rougeaux Designer Nicholas Rougeux digitally reproduces ornithologist John Gould’s ‘A Monograph of the Trochilidæ, or Family of Humming-Birds.’ Chicago-based designer Nicholas Rougeux is fascinated by early encyclopedic publications, from a 17th-century … Continue reading

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A Wind-Powered Herd of Beach Animals Merge Into a Storm Defense System in Theo Jansen’s Latest ‘Strandbeest’ | Colossal

OCTOBER 4, 2023 KATE MOTHES A brand new 18-meter-long Strandbeest scuttles across the sands of a beach in The Netherlands in a short video by Dutch artist Theo Jansen (previously), who has been releasing his otherworldly creatures into the world … Continue reading

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Tina Kraus Details Ocean Life’s Beauty and Plight Through Realistic Paper Sculptures | Colossal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 JACKIE ANDRES All images © Tina Kraus Tina Kraus recreates the beauty and idiosyncrasy of nature and its diverse species through her intricate paper sculptures. Tina Kraus (previously) recreates nature’s beauty, idiosyncrasies, and diversity through her intricate … Continue reading

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